Sports

Dawgs downed in league matches

The University of Montana Western women’s volleyball team endured a tough road trip and inhospitable start to its Frontier Conference season last week, but still flashed signs of improvement.

Coming off a 7-6 mark across the baker’s dozen of nonconference matches during the first month of their season, the Lady Bulldogs got swept on Thursday in Helena by Carroll College and again on Friday in Billings by another Frontier foe, Rocky Mountain College.

Montana Western announces Athletics Hall of Fame honorees

The Montana Western Alumni Office and Athletics Department will induct five new members into the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, at 9 a.m. in the Lewis & Clark room on the UMW campus in Mathews Hall.

This year’s inductees include Jarrett Monroe for rodeo, Katie Stokes for volleyball, Katherine Sunwall for volleyball and basketball, Willis Taylor for football and Eric Zahler for football.

BCHS x-country excel in Great Falls

Running in a crowded field at last week’s Great Falls Invitational, the Beaverhead County High School cross country team members took the challenge personally—and in the best way possible.

“We got quite a few personal bests—11 personal bests,” said BCHS Head Coach Betty Iverson, who oversees both the Beaver boys and girls teams.”

None ran better than her previous best than Madalen Shipman, who topped her previous 5k personal best by 25 seconds on Friday.

#25 UMW Dawgs dim Northern Lights, 38-13

The University of Montana Western Bulldogs last weekend in Havre overcame a tag team of Montana State University–Northern plus an even more vexing opponent—themselves. “I felt like we were pretty

DFL Kids’ Flag Football opens Sat.

The 22nd season of Dillon Football League Kids’ Flag Football will begin with the first games this Saturday. The coaches meeting will be Thursday, 7 p.m., at the B.W. Lodge

Sports Briefs

Youth Bird Shoot Sept. 28 Hagenbarth Livestock Shooting Preserve in Glen will host the McCartney Mountain Kennel & Hagenbarth Shooting Preserve Youth Bird Shoot on Sept. 28, starting at 8

Beavers crush Butte Central, 33-7

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Based on Friday night’s performance, The Dillon Beavers have embraced the messages from their coaching staff and are working hard to improve each day, each week, each game. After an

Dillon golfers two meets away from post-season play

The Dillon golf teams played at the AA Butte High meet last Wed. and Thur., and traveled to Polson on Monday as the regular season is winding down. The Beavers

Western women go 3-1 in Midwest

The University of Montana Western volleyball team last weekend fell into a deep hole at a tournament a long way from home before pulling themselves up to return to Dillon

UMW Athletics Recognized by NAIA as “Champions of Character”

Dillon, Mont. – The University of Montana Western has been named an NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution for the 2018-19 academic year, the NAIA national office has announced. Montana